Access to the EVN

The EVN is an "open-skies" facility and encourages use of the network by
astronomers not specialised in the VLBI technique. All scientists,
whether or not affiliated
to EVN consortium institutes, can obtain observing time
on the EVN via the standard peer-review selection process.

All EVN users receive:

EVN observations and absentee correlation of the data.

JIVE Support Scientist Assistance - a JSS is assigned to each project.
The JSS is available to directly support scheduling the observation,
correlation of the data, and post-correlation analysis.
Visitor support facilities at JIVE include four
high-end workstations running AIPS, Difmap, and
other useful packages.

Acknowledgments:

The European VLBI Network is a joint facility of independent European,
African, Asian, and North American radio astronomy institutes.
Scientific results from data presented in this publication are
derived from the following EVN project code(s):

(Fill in the appropriate project codes at the end of this acknowledgment;
in this sense, the "project code" should be the 5-character code, without
the final letter that distinguishes between multiple epochs and/or
frequency bands, if applicable.)

Publications resulting from e-VLBI observations with the EVN should also carry the standard NEXPReS acknowledgment:

e-VLBI research infrastructure in Europe is supported by the European Union's Seventh
Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement number RI-261525 NEXPReS.

Publications from observations including the RadioAstron orbiting antenna should
also include:

The RadioAstron project is led by the Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical
Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Lavochkin Scientific and
Production Association under a contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency,
in collaboration with partner organizations in Russian and other countries.

EVN Trans-national access via RadioNet

Starting in January 2017, there is a new incarnation of the
RadioNet program funded by the EC Horizon 2020 Research and
Innovation Programme. This re-establishes the possibility
of new travel subsidies for members
of the research teaasm of eligible projects via
the RadioNet trans-national access (TNA) program.
For the EVN, "eligible" in general means that:

The PI is from an institute in a country of the
EU or Associated States.

The same criterion, but applied collectively to 50% or more of the
individual members of the research team.

The research team is defined by the co-authors listed on the observing
proposal, and the association of researcher with institute remains fixed
at that shown on the proposal.

The trans-national access support includes travel reimbursement for visits
to JIVE
in order
to analyse and process EVN, EVN-MERLIN or global VLBI Data.
In general, the PI may
select one member of the project team
to receive this travel support.

Further information on access to the EVN through the EC's RadioNet
TNA program can be obtained from Bob
Campbell.

How Do I Apply?

EVN Users who wish to take advantage of this programme should submit
EVN Observing Proposals (see the
EVN User Guide) in the
usual way. If the Proposal is accepted by the
EVN PC and scheduled then the user
will gain automatic access to this support program.
Users need not do anything further and will be notified
once the experiment is placed on the EVN block schedule.

Requested TNA Acknowledgment

If you have a project that is eligible for support via the RadioNet
TNA program, would you please include the appropriate acknowledgment
in papers, conference proceedings, etc. that result from the project:

Projects having observations in the time span 2017-2020:

The research leading to these results has received funding from the
European Commission Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under
grant agreement No. 730562 (RadioNet).

Projects having observations in the time span 2012-2015:

The research leading to these results has received funding from the
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) under
grant agreement No. 283393 (RadioNet3).

Projects having observations in the time span 2009-2011:

This work has been supported by the European Commission
Framework Programme 7, Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe,
grant agreement No. 227290.

Projects having observations in the time span 2004-2008:

This work has benefited from research funding from the European
Commission Sixth Framework Programme under RadioNet R113CT 2003 5058187.

Note that there was not RadioNet program for calendar year 2016.
If you have a project whose observations cross the boundary between
RadioNet programs, you
should be able to use an abbreviated combination of the two relevant ones,
such as the below for an experiment running from 2011-12:

The research leading to these results has received funding from the
European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) under
grant agreements No. 227290 (Advanced Radio Astronomy in Europe)
and No. 283393 (RadioNet3).